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Post by XIII on Feb 27, 2023 17:16:56 GMT -5
I’m here for the return of Hugger Bayley as one of Wyatt’s Funhouse goons.
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on Feb 27, 2023 17:49:08 GMT -5
I say we take Damage CTRL, and call them "Fixing CTRL", they are now repair woman, they fix things
Their first feud is with a repackaged Aliyah, who now has a very short temper, she breaks things a lot
She broke a TV, XBOX Console and Controller because she got quadruple teamed in a Online Elimination Chamber She smashed a Keyboard over Mustafa Ali's head because she googled "Pat McAfed" instead of "Pat McAfee" She tore a Water Bottle into a million pieces because the Water tasted like soap
Fixing CTRL repairs everything she broke, leading to a 1 year long feud, the feud ends with Fixing CTRL repairing Aliyah's short temper
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 27, 2023 17:55:09 GMT -5
I think she is overdue for another face run, since the last time she was in that role was 2019.
Her heel character hasn't evolved much beyond laughing, a different hairstyle, and giving a thumbs down.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 27, 2023 18:15:52 GMT -5
While a really talented wrestler Bayley imo has never been a great or even good character. It's always been the biggest weakness in her game. As a face she always came off as super lame even in a white meat face way and as a heel she always comes off as super forced in that she always sounds like a nice girl trying to act mean.
At this point I think just making her a respected tough veteran face would be the way to go. She's got enough size and she's been in the company for nearly a decade and while I wouldn't say she is old isn't that young either in that she turns 34 in June. So I think she would be believable in that role as this kind of grizzled veteran trying to put arrogant young heels in their place who at the same time are trying to make a name for themselves at her expense by beating her. In other words basically a better version of Natalya in that she has more star power and would be more interesting in that role.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 27, 2023 18:55:34 GMT -5
Give her a new hat.
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 27, 2023 18:59:30 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 27, 2023 19:21:07 GMT -5
While a really talented wrestler Bayley imo has never been a great or even good character. I fully disagree with all of this. Character work has been Bayley's strong suit. Her ring work has usually been pretty basic. Her plucky underdog stuff that got her super over in NXT could easily have transferred to the main roster if they didn't decide to make her act like an actual child... Or do things like have her win the title due to someone else cheating for her. This heel run has been pretty stagnant and one note for a while.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 27, 2023 19:32:16 GMT -5
While a really talented wrestler Bayley imo has never been a great or even good character. I fully disagree with all of this. Character work has been Bayley's strong suit. Her ring work has usually been pretty basic. Her plucky underdog stuff that got her super over in NXT could easily have transferred to the main roster if they didn't decide to make her act like an actual child... Or do things like have her win the title due to someone else cheating for her. This heel run has been pretty stagnant and one note for a while. Only time character wise she's come off as someone being worth getting invested into was in NXT when she dropped the child stuff when she was going into the Sasha match where she finally won and then her title run afterwards. So a few months in like a eight or nine year span. Not exactly a great ratio. Majority of her run has been either acting like a child with no spine as a face or coming off like bland lower midcard heel who just happens to be pushed as a main eventer.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2023 19:44:44 GMT -5
Turning her babyface is just gonna put her exactly in the same place...and everyone will be calling for her to turn back heel because the white meat babyface schtick is bland etc.
It is why the likes of Charlotte are beyond stale because all it is ever is is they are either bad or good with no evolution/change to them at all.
Someone like Bayley can stand to go just in a complete sweeping change of who she is instead of just retreading ground by turning back babyface outside of the initial pop she would get.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Feb 27, 2023 21:02:23 GMT -5
I think a lot of people are missing the point with Bayley.
She's SUPPOSED to be a dork that thinks she's cool.
Just like Dom thinks he's this hardened prison thug, Bayley thinks she's this cool badass heel. Both of their characters are delusional, and both believe what they're saying.
It's why she calls people dumb and idiots. To everyone else it's lame. Because it is. It's supposed to be. She just doesn't know it, because the character genuinely thinks she's cool.
But obviously she's not. Like Dom, her character is a massive dork, and that's what makes it work for me.
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Post by koreycaskets on Feb 27, 2023 22:28:07 GMT -5
Sister Abigail
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A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Feb 27, 2023 23:09:08 GMT -5
I think she needs to be a face again. If they do her vs. Trish at WM and she loses, they could have Iyo and Dakota turn on her after the match or something.
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Post by tenshi on Feb 27, 2023 23:10:09 GMT -5
Just let Damage CTRL be dorks that fight and hang out together because they're buddies and like being with each other...
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 27, 2023 23:10:29 GMT -5
I think she needs to be a face again. If they do her vs. Trish at WM and she loses, they could have Iyo and Dakota turn on her after the match or something. I think if anybody goes face, it’s Iyo but you could probably push them both.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Feb 27, 2023 23:12:16 GMT -5
I think she needs to be a face again. If they do her vs. Trish at WM and she loses, they could have Iyo and Dakota turn on her after the match or something. Go Hogan/Rock Mania 17. Iyo and Dakota turn right after the match and Trish saves her. Bayley must pose, brother.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Feb 27, 2023 23:18:22 GMT -5
I think she needs to be a face again. If they do her vs. Trish at WM and she loses, they could have Iyo and Dakota turn on her after the match or something. Go Hogan/Rock Mania 17. Iyo and Dakota turn right after the match and Trish saves her. Bayley must pose, brother. A couple weeks before WM, Damage CTRL try to murder Trish with a tractor-trailer.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 27, 2023 23:20:35 GMT -5
Bayley will get some Stratusfaction
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Feb 27, 2023 23:22:01 GMT -5
Have it be revealed she's actually been a ghost this whole time. Change her name to Booley.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 27, 2023 23:22:54 GMT -5
I think she needs to be a face again. If they do her vs. Trish at WM and she loses, they could have Iyo and Dakota turn on her after the match or something. Go Hogan/Rock Mania 17. Iyo and Dakota turn right after the match and Trish saves her. Bayley must pose, brother. Go Jericho / Michaels with it where Bayley spends the whole match having her entire moveset no-sold to where she starts using Trish's instead, that's no-sold too, then after the match they hug for some reason and Bayley hits her with the belly-to-belly.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 28, 2023 0:45:04 GMT -5
Getting a one on one Mania match with Trish is quite the bucket list item if that’s what happens.
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